Friday, May 17, 2013
Glenbrook South, New Trier, Deerfield, Highland Park, Niles West, Maine West, Maine South, Notre Dame, Niles North and Loyola athletes will join Wildkits at State Meet.
Taking home the team trophy for the sixth straight year, the Evanston High School boys track team won the Niles West Sectional Thursday in Skokie sending five individuals and three relay teams to the State Meet May 24 and 25 at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston The Wildkits compiled 85 points. Glenbrook South took home second place with 72 followed by Prospect in third with 70 and New Trier fourth with 58. Niles West accumulated 47 for fifth with Deerfield sixth, Main South seventh, Niles North eighth, Highland Park ninth place, Notre Dame of Niles tenth, Maine West 11th , Loyola Academy 12th, Maine East 13th\, Glenbrook North 14th and Von Steuben 15th. "Last year, a lot of guys, when they went downstate, were qualified just about…
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Freshmen and sophomores at the Glenbrook high schools will receive ChromeBook laptops for the next academic year.
Northbrook and Glenview schools are in the process of implementing the "one-to-one initiative" designed to provide students with a laptop or other device for enhanced learning, the Chicago Tribune reports. Among the students getting new devices are freshmen and sophomores at Glenbrook North and South, who will receive $828,000 worth of ChromeBook laptops in the upcoming school year, according to the Chicago Tribune. Click here for the full report.
Friday, May 10, 2013
Glenbrook North High School alum Scott Adsit attended the foundation’s inaugural fundraiser on May 4.
Glenbrook North High School alum Scott Adsit, 47, who plays producer Pete Hornberger in the NBC comedy 30 Rock was among the more than 100 people who attended Glenbrook Foundation’s inaugural fundraiser called A Night with Glenbrook Theater on May 4, Chicago Tribune reported. Adsit went backstage before students from Glenbrook North and Glenbrook South high schools performed West Side Story to wish cast members good luck. In 1984 the 30-Rock star took part in the production of same musical along with a few other alumni that were also present at the fundraiser, Chicago Tribune reported. Every year, students from both Glenbrooks collaborate on a District-wide musical. This year's "Night of Glenbrook Theater" is also the first annual …
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Glenbrook High School District 225 spent $110,000 to open the kitchen lab in fall 2012.
After two years of planning, Glenbrook High School District 225 converted a Glenbrook North High School classroom and opened a state-of-the-art kitchen in the fall of 2012, where students can learn culinary skills in a restaurant-style setting, Chicago Tribune reported. The kitchen costs $110,000 to build and features stainless steel worktables, four ovens, commercial range, exhaust hood and one of the students and staff’s favorite feature—a camera set above one of the tables, which allows demonstrations to be projected onto a big screen, reducing the need for students to crowd around a table and making it easier for them to follow instructions, Chicago Tribune reported. Restaurant-style labs are not uncommon among area high schools; …
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Glenbrook High School District 225 schools were ranked among the best 2,000 public high schools in the nation. Click on the red dots for more information.
On mobile? You can see the interactive map here. Glenbrook North High School was ranked 182 and Glenbrook South High School was ranked 325 among Newsweek’s 2013 Best High School list, which the magazine released Monday. Here’s a look at how other North Shore high schools ranked among the magazine’s list of the best 2,000 public high schools in the nation. Rank School Name 158 New Trier Township High School 182 Glenbrook North High School 325 Glenbrook South High School 785 Niles West High School 833 Niles North High School 1267 Evanston Township High School Weigh in: Do you agree with Newsweek’s ranking? For its rankings, Newsweek sent out a survey to more than 5,000 high schools in the U.S., with about 2,500 schools responding…
Friday, May 3, 2013
Students from Glenbrook North and South will be performing for Scott Adsit, a GBN alum and comedy actor, during an opening weekend performance of the musical.
Glenbrook North alumnus, Scott Adsit, an actor on 30 Rock and numerous other TV shows, is expected to attend a performance of West Side Story, running through May 4 at Glenbrook South. Adsit played Arab when the District 225 musical was West Side Story while he was a GBN student in 1984. This year's musical will also be the last for Stevi Marks, a Glenbrook South music teacher, who is retiring after next year, according to the district. After 20 years of theater productions, variety shows and choir performances, Marks, who is directing West Side Story this year, will give one of her final bows when the show ends its run on May 4. "Right now, I feel the same about this show as I have about past shows because the goal is the same: that the …
Monday, April 29, 2013
Patch wants to cover the Northbrook sports you care about most. Share your thoughts in our latest poll.
Let's talk about sports. No, you start. Patch wants to know your favorite high school sports to bring you the best local coverage when Glenbrook North's teams are in season. Who knows, maybe Spartan fans care most about tennis, or golf, or cheerleading. Only one way to find out for sure, so share your voice in our latest poll. If we missed a sport, share your favorites in the comment section too. Or tell us about an up-and-coming local athlete worth paying attention to. Game on.
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
U.S. News created the rankings based on a list of more than 21,000 public high schools in 49 states and the District of Columbia.
Glenbrook North High School was ranked No. 16 in Illinois on this year’s list of best public high schools in the country by the U.S. News and World Report. U.S. News created the rankings based on a list of more than 21,000 public high schools in 49 states and the District of Columbia, according to a press release from U.S. News. Sign up for the Northbrook Patch morning newsletter to get the latest community updates in your email. Schools are evaluated based on overall student performance on state tests, Advanced Placement tests and International Baccalaureate exams; rankings also take into account how well students educate black, Hispanic and economically disadvantaged students, according to the release. The rankings are designed to …
Friday, April 19, 2013
Glenbrook North High School was ranked with some of the most challenging public high schools in the United States, according to annual rankings by the ‘Washington Post.’
Does your teenager complain about classes and homework at Glenbrook North? He or she might be justified in griping. According to annual rankings created by the Washington Post, Glenbrook North is among the most challenging public high schools in the country. In Illinois, it ranks No. 30, after high schools in Glenview, Arlington Heights, Buffalo Grove, Evanston, Glen Ellyn, Libertyville and other communities. Four of the top schools are magnet schools in the city of Chicago. Sign up for the Northbrook Patch morning newsletter to get the latest local school updates in your email. Washington Post columnist Jay Mathews has rated public high schools around the country for the past 15 years based on something called the “Challenge Index,” …
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Glenbrook South, New Trier and Glenbrook North high school students recently ordered 849 burgers and raised more than $800 in a day for Ronald McDonald House Charities.
About 120 students from New Trier Township High School, Glenbrook North and Glenbrook South high schools recently gathered at Glenview’s McDonalds to gobble down some burgers all in the of charity and raised more than $800 in a day, Chicago Tribune reported. The 10th annual Burger Day raised money for Oak Brook-based Ronald McDonald House Charities and overall the team of students who organized the event raised about $74,000 throughout the year through company sponsorships, beating last year’s donation of $60,000, Chicago Tribune reported.
Dan
1:17 pm on Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Glad to see Glenview East's High School ranked highly with GBS and GBN. more ›